Protesters mark anniversary of Berta Caceres' murder

About 600 people hold protest in front of Supreme Court to mark the anniversary of Honduran environmentalist leader.

01 Mar 2017 21:57 GMT

Hundreds of mostly indigenous Hondurans have taken to the streets to mark the first anniversary of the murder of environmentalist leader Berta Caceres.

The crowd of about 600 people, which included workers, villagers, women and rights activists, gathered on Wednesday outside the Supreme Court to further the activist leader's campaign against a hydroelectric company.

Before her death, the activist had opposed plans by the company Desarrollos Energeticos to build a hydroelectric dam across a river on which indigenous communities were dependent.

She had said she had received death threats from the firm.

One of Wednesday's protest organisers, Tomas Gomez, of the Civic Council of Community and Indigenous Organizations, told the AFP news agency the demonstrators were calling for the company's government licence to be revoked.